More on Nicholas Francisco

Since Nicholas Francisco’s Feb. 13 disappearance, dozens of people have searched for him and some of the missing posters distributed still hang around Seattle.

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Friends have offered a $15,000 reward, but police have no new leads. Monday afternoon, P-I reporter Scott Gutierrez reported Francisco’s wife, Christine Francisco, had filed for divorce alleging “willful abandonment that continues for a period of time.”

She also claimed her husband had a “history of acts of domestic violence … or an assault or sexual assault which causes grievous bodily harm or the fear of such harm.”

The Web site findnicholasfrancisco.com had a domain registrar change on Sunday, May 25, according to the site – three days before the divorce filing.

Christine Francisco, who had been active in talking to local reporters and on national television to ask for help in the search, is now staying quiet.

Here’s more on the case from Gutierrez:

In court papers, she asked the court to award her the couple’s SeaTac home, plus all property and financial accounts in her possession. She also seeks financial support while she prepares to find employment or until she is able to fully support herself.

It isn’t unusual to proceed in divorce or paternity cases when one partner’s whereabouts are unknown. State law allows the petitioner to publish notification of a summons in a community newspaper when she is unable to have a copy of the filing served in person.

Police found no evidence that Nicholas Francisco tried to access his financial accounts while missing and are no closer to determining what happened.

“We have nothing. We have no idea where he is at and no idea if he is alive and doing well or not,” sheriff’s Sgt. John Urquhart said Monday.

The Sheriff’s Office was unaware of any previous reports of domestic violence or sexual assault within the family, a spokesman said.

Christine Francisco’s attorney, Paul Petry, could not be reached for comment Monday.